Concert doc "Katy Perry: Part of Me" -- opening Thursday -- is on course to gross north of $3 million for the day and in the low to mid-teens for the long holiday weekend; Oliver Stone's "Savages," opening Friday, is expecting a soft $10 million debut. READ MORE

Sally Field, who plays May Parker in Sony's reboot, says she would want "to go around and give massive intelligence to all the politicians all over the world, starting right here in this country." READ MORE

UPDATED: Sony's reboot has grossed $59.2 million in its first two days of play at the domestic box office and scored the second-best July 4th gross of all time after the first "Transformers." READ MORE

The "(500) Days of Summer" director tells THR why he felt compelled to reimagine the franchise from the ground up: "even if we've seen the origin of Spider-Man, we haven't seen the origin of Peter Parker." READ MORE

Behind the Screen explores the impact of technology on movies and TV shows, specifically content producers, cinematographers, editors, VFX shops and artists, sound mixers and editors, technical (including R&D) roles and the post-production community. This includes products from companies like Red, Canon, Dolby and Avid to new hires in key below-the-line positions on movies or at below the line post/VFX shops